Improvement in bag-holders



'1. A. BUDLONG.

Bag-Holder.

No. 161,589, PatentedApril'fi,1875

WITNESSES INVENTOR HE GRAPHIC CO.PHOTO LITH.89&4I PARK PLAOE,N.Y.

STATES JOSEPH A. BUDLONG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BAG=HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 161,589, dated April 6,1875; application filed February 18, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH A. BUDLONG, of Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Bag-Holders, of which improvements the following is a full, clear,and exact description, which will enable others skilled in the art towhich my invention appertains to make and use the said improvements,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof,and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bagholder embodying myinvention, and representing the mannerin which the bag is held; Fig. 2,an end elevation thereof, the bag not being shown; and Fig. 3, a sideelevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1 when they are in a position toreceive the bag.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts.

In the drawing, Arepresents a hopper, and B is its base. 0 Care legs orsupports pivoted to the base. Each legis capable of an independentswinging movement on its pivot, which is parallel to end of the hopper,as shown. a a are projections on the legs. These projections extendbeneath the base and operate as jaws in connection with it. e c aremetallic points or spurs on the lower ends of the legs.

The person using the holder should stand at one end of the hopper. Thejaws, if closed, may be readily opened by pushing apart the lower endsof the legs. This may be done by slightly tipping the device endwiseuntil the spur on one of the legs is raised from the fioor. The releasedleg may then be kicked or pushed in such a direction as to open the jawsformed by it.

If this leg is now held in this position and the device tipped backuntil the leg strikes the floor, both jaws will be open. The mouth ofthebag should then be arranged in one of the jaws, as shown in Fig. 1,and if the device is then tilted 0r pushed toward this jaw while thecorresponding leg rests upon the floor the bag will be seized by the jawand firmly held. The bag may then also be arranged in the other jaw andthe jaw closed by pressing for that purpose on the lower part of thecorresponding leg, the device being first tilted, so as to lift the legslightly from the floor. The be g will then be held open, and may bereadily filled. When filled it may be released by pushing apart thelower ends of the legs in the manner described. The points 0 e, bypreventing the legs from slipping on the floor, prevent the jaws frombeing opened accidentally.

I am aware that the legs have heretofore been pivoted to a hopper, andso constructed and arranged as to operate as jaws in connectiontherewith, for the purpose of holding bags open, but I do not here claimsuch, broadly; but,

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the horizontal base or open table B and the legs 0 O,pivoted in slots in the said table and provided with the projections ata, arranged to press against the lower side of the table, and with thepoints or spurs e 6 arranged as shown, substantially as and for thepurposes specified.

JOSEPH A. BUDLONG.

Witnesses:

F. F. WARNER, N. G. GRIDLEY.

